Loyal Temperance Legion (Windham County, Vt.)

Loyal Temperance Legion, juvenile temperance branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.). Established formally in the United States in the 1880s, Loyal Temperance Legion divisions corresponded with state districts or counties. Local societies, called companies and lettered according to the time of their formation, composed the divisions. The work of the Legion was focused on children under the age of sixteen. Boys and girls who were members pledged to abstain from alcohol, tobacco, and profanity.